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Almost 6 in 10 adults currently listen to radio via a digital platform, according to the latest RAJAR results for the first quarter of 2017. In total, 32 million people now listen to radio via a digitally enabled receiver- DAB, digital TV or online - each week. In an average week, digital listening accounts for 483 million hours; DAB has a 71% share of digital listening hours, digital TV 12% and online 17%.

Digital radio listening has edged closer to 50% and reached a new record share of 47.2%, up from 44.1% in Q1 2016, according to RAJAR Q1 2017 data released today. Digital listening hours grew by 9% or 39.5 million hours compared to Q1 2016, boosted by strong growth of 1.2 million additional digital listeners with 66% of all radio listeners now listening on a digital platform.

The new Paneda switch enables two DAB streams, each from a different MUX, to be combined to create a completely correct and error free output without switching. Lars-Peder Lundgren, Sales Manager at Paneda said, “This new redundancy switching approach has been requested for a long time by customers, and it’s great that Paneda can offer an improved solution for redundancy, another major step has been taken in the DAB Head-End development evolution.”

DAB continues to deliver the lion's share of this listening, at 33.8% of all radio listening. 87% of new cars are now fitted with DAB as standard, and total digital listening has grown 33% year-on-year. In-car listening now accounts for 23.5% of all radio listening.

Digital listening has edged closer to 50% and reached a new record share of 47.2%, up from 44.1% in Q1 2016, according to RAJAR Q1 2017 data released today. DAB digital listening has grown by 11% to a record level of 33.8% of all radio listening and 71.5% of all digital listening.

Mitsubishi's prime time TV advertising is highlighting DAB digital radio as one of the most important dashboard entertainment options. The latest Mitsubishi ASX advert shows images of a female driver switching DAB radio channels on the dashboard console.

AKOS has recently published a tender for open capacity units on the existing DAB Multiplex R1 in Slovenia. Interested parties are invited to submit their proposals before 25 May 2017.

A spokesperson for WorldDAB will be available during Medpi at the Pure stand to present the advantages of DAB+. Pure will present their latest digital radios with radio stations being tested live.

On the basis of an infrastructure agreement between Bayerischer Rundfunk, Bayerische Landeszentrale für neue Medien and Bayern Digital Radio GmbH, the operation and use of the DAB+ digital radio networks in Bavaria will be redesigned.

The Media Agency Association sales report for April says that the overall market is growing. TV continues to grow along with most digital channels. If we isolate the month of April, radio received channel radio a growth of 19.4 per cent this month.